The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony Tuesday to Congress, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed’s single-minded fight against inflation of the past two years that suggests it is moving closer to cutting interest rates. The Fed has made “considerable progress” toward

“The Porter,” airing Thursday on American Public Television’s GBX 44, is an 8-episode historic drama about the nation’s first Black workers’ union. The Pullman porters worked on the transcontinental railroads in the US and Canada after WWI, handling passengers’ luggage, helping them to reserved seats or compartments, delivering meals.  It was one of the very few

Discovery’s popular Shark Week returns Sunday night with a sequel to last year’s most popular show: “Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier.” Back is marine scientist Olivia “Liv” Dixon who travels to a new location, New Zealand’s Stewart Islands. There she and her teammates settle in the belly of a 29-foot whale decoy corpse — nicknamed

If the legislature fails to act, blocked bus stops will remain dangerous for people with disabilities Nobody should risk their safety when boarding or exiting a bus. But for many people with disabilities, including me, this is our reality when drivers illegally park their vehicles at bus stops. And the Massachusetts state legislature is running